A retired American who lived in Penang, Malaysia, and now has returned to the US shares his thoughts, views and opinions on a variety of subjects ranging from the ridiculous to the controversial. The contents are only limited by his imagination.

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Bruce Jenner is a Conservative Republican?

I am sure by now that most people have heard about, if not seen Bruce Jenner's interview with Diane Sawyer regarding his transition to a woman. It was a very interesting and informative interview to say the least, even though ABC peppered it with a million commercials! I truly believe that he has been going through an agonizing struggle all of his life and I admire him for his courage coming out as a woman now. A lot of people say that he has become a role model for the thousands of transgendered youth who are currently having to deal with this in their everyday lives. I am not too sure about this though. Coming out now as he is doing is a brave thing to do, but after all he is a very wealthy person who can afford the cost of surgeries, medications and therapies, which the normal high school teenager could never even imagine begin able to afford. Some have even accused Jenner of staging a huge publicity stunt to improve the ratings of the reality show, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". I certainly hope not. I have a very low opinion of the Kardashians, but I don't think they would allow this to happen. I also doubt the strength of their support for Jenner.

As I have said before, I found the interview to be very informative, but not shocking, except for one segment. This was one segment of the interview is where I strongly believe Bruce Jenner to be in denial and to have lost touch with reality. This is where Diane Sawyer asked him if he was a Republican and he responded that he was a Conservative Republican! He went on to say that he would expect John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to be very supportive of him and his actions! Wow! The very people who are helping to spearhead the denial of all rights for the LGBT community Jenner thinks are his friends! They might support him until they have taken all of his money, but then they would throw him under the bus. If Jenner wants to help other transgender people he should help fight the right wing Conservatives who are trying to destroy the transgender community!